Can you remove moly from a bullet?

I have read that moly absorbs/attracts moisture, and maybe thats bull$h!t, I donno, but if its true I dont want to use it in a field gun. It gets exposed to all sorts of weather and temp changes, if it were a bench rifle, I probably wouldnt care, but I dont want to run the risk on a new piece that gets the shaft from Mother Nature on a regular basis. I have some moly coated V Max's that were ordered by mistake (thought I was getting the unflavored variety).
Thanks.
 
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The Cod Father said:
I have read that moly absorbs/attracts moisture, and maybe thats bull$h!t
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I have read that somewhere as well , just cant remember where . It was an article on it and it ate the surface of a gun. It was due to it attracting moisture ,had pictures.................. I will have to find that article , I think it was in rifleshooter or G&A??????????

Found it h ttp://www.varmintal.com/arelo.htm#Corrosion
 
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BCboy, I just took a quick glance at that artical and did notice the steel used was either mild steel or Chrome-Moly in the testing. All the barrels I use for shooting moly are SS. I have been shooting moly bullets for about 10 years and never had a problem, even when caught in the rain. Then again, if I am caught in a pissing down rain the action comes out of the stock and given a proper whipe down anyway. The barrel will get a dry patch or two but that is about it.
I do know some guys that run Kroil and dry patch down the barrel every day, but I don't and have never had a problem.
 
Crap, if i worried about every little thing that will damage my barrel or mess up my sights. I'd never get shooting!
Moly, CR10, ammonia, JB bore paste, they are all bad, but not near as bad as that first look with a BORESCOPE!!:eek:
I won't allow that danged things anywhere near my guns, as long as my scores stay up I'm not worried. Worst thing I can do is peek through a 'scope and wonder about what I'm lookin' at after I just shot a killer group!
When the scores start to drop then I start looking at stuff.
I've got a few rifles that shoot nothing but moly'd bullets, and a few match rifles that don't - go figure?

Check OAL every hundred rounds or so, guard screws and such, and "shut up an' shoot, kid" as my old man would say!:dancingbanana:
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The Cod Father said:
I have read that moly absorbs/attracts moisture, and maybe thats bull$h!t, I donno, but if its true I dont want to use it in a field gun. It gets exposed to all sorts of weather and temp changes, if it were a bench rifle, I probably wouldnt care, but I dont want to run the risk on a new piece that gets the shaft from Mother Nature on a regular basis. I have some moly coated V Max's that were ordered by mistake (thought I was getting the unflavored variety).
Thanks.
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Just for interest, I have been Moly coating my projectiles for the past eleven years, consider the fact that I am gainfully self employed as a Professional Trapper and that only God could hazard a guess as to how many projectiles that I have expended also that I have never had a single problem with ANY Moly coated projectile.
I can not for the world of me see why anyone would remove Moly ?
Regards, J Stuart.
 
the best advice would be to try it yourself and see. there are people on both sides, who religously use, or avoid the stuff. In any case, it won't harm your barrel in the short term, and likely not at all if you're diligent about cleaning your guns (and if you're not, you'll get corrosion and pitting in any case over time)
 
prosper said:
the best advice would be to try it yourself and see. there are people on both sides, who religously use, or avoid the stuff. In any case, it won't harm your barrel in the short term, and likely not at all if you're diligent about cleaning your guns (and if you're not, you'll get corrosion and pitting in any case over time)
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why not take the easy road. trade for non moly. no muss
no fuss and everybodys happy
 
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